The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-23
CITY NOTES.

Read Assessor Timmons' special notice.
G. s. Gowen and family, E. G. Tiffany
and wife, all of San Mateo, left yester-
day for the North.
The West End thermometer registered
ON Tuesday, at Z a. IN. 7S', at p. m. So i,
and at p. IN. 10.
The Board of Trade is stirring up BUSH
ness in all directions. and something is
going to be done.
The death of Mrs. Hannah Ladd, of
Ssco. Fla, occurred June %. The rela-
atiyes and friends have the sympathy of
all.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. Richardson
left yesterday for Worcester, Mass.
where they expect to make their future
home.
Lake Putnam, ON Front street, at q p.
M, yesterday, was up to high tide
mark. Who said anything about it
raininea
Bridge is all that is now talked about,
but if this rain keeps ON the residents on
some of the streets will change the topic
to boats.
Mr.. Joe Dunn arrived home on Tues
day, after several days vacation down at
Daytona, and on the beach. Joe says
the mosquitoes did him up in bad shape.
Mr.. w. j. Vinegar returned home ON
Tuesday, after an extended trip through
the North and East. He reports the
weather much warmer than in the balmy
South.
Mrs. Sipprell leaves Palatka for Can
ada. where she will remain for the sum-
mer The Doctor will remain to look
after his interests in the Etoniah Canal
and Drainage Company.
There will be a special meeting of the
Putnam Alert Hose Company ut their
rooms, over Kersting's drug store, to-
night. A full attendance is desired as
business of Importance is to be trans
acted.
There was an old darkey ON the street
to-day who walked up to prominent
citizen and inquired where he could find
u 7COtoFtt TtSt-u-llt- Inc pclitc Cltl-
zen told him he knew of no such place,
but told him where he could ''rest-your-
uncle" The citizen will be buried to-
morrow.
sIr. Will Speck left yesterday after
noon for Asheville, N. c., where he ex
poets To remain through the summer
months, and possibly he may
remain altogether. He takes with
him quite a collection of Florida
curiosities among them is n large
alligator five feet long.
The steamer Marion came down last
evening, landing at the j., T. & X. w.
dock, with light freight-nine boxes
of very fine tomatoes. Capt. Gray says
the freight and passenger business is
very light at present, but the crops and
fruit are looking finer than he has ever
SEEN before, which bespeaks heavy
business the coming season.
The tickets for the excursion of the
Charleston and Savannah Railroad, to
Asheville and Hot Springs, N. c.. are on
sale at the jacksonville, Tampa and Key
West Railway ticket office. Through
sleepers can be obtained at low rates.
Everyone who contemplates leaving the
city should avail themselves of this
chance to enjoy n fine trip.
Letters are still coming in making in
of real estate in this county. Only yes
terday we saw n letter from New York
ON this subject. 1t is clear that the rec
orls are not vet cleared of this careless
and unfortunate business The party
writing has paid his tax promptly each
year and holds the Collectors receipt
therefor. Vet his property was again adj
vertised for sale in THE News last
month. 1t is very annoying that these
errors should be continued from year to
wear. without an effort made tn rectify
them.
The following item is clipped from the
Boston Herald, June Is. and may be in
teresting to a great many readers who
are acquainted with the gentlemen there
i'm mentioned: 1.-THE trim little craft
Anita, Capt. L. w. llund, yesterday
afternoon carried one of the jolliest par
ties that ever left Boston wharf. The
Anita was bound for Nahant, and the
company she accommodated was COM
posed of experts in the inner harbor ex-
cursiou traffic. She left India wharf ut
$50 p. m, and about one hundred per-
sons were on board A competent pilot
was in charge of the wheel, with Capt.
Lund, and the run down the bay was ac-
complished with celebrity and quietness.
A landing was made at Nahant for thir-
ty minutes, and an opportunity afforded
for the excursionists to inspect the beau
ties of this resort. As the boat waspoint-
ed for home, a splendid collation. wss